Cross Index Sporocytophaga myxococcoides
SuperSet Prokaryote, Eubacteria Gliding Bacteria AND Spore forming bacteria
Compare Cytophagales, Beggiatoales

Single Celled, rod shaped Capnocytophaga, Chitinophaga pinensis , Cytophaga, Flexibacter, Flexithrix dorotheae, Lysobacter, Microscilla, Sporocytophaga myxococcoides, Thermomena,
Flattened, filamentous Gliding: Alysiella filiformis, Simonsiella,
Sulfur oxidizing,Gliding: Achromatium, Beggiatoa alba, Thioploca, Thiospirillopsis floridana, Thiothrix nivea,
The Pelonemas: Achroanema spp, Desmanthos thiorenophilum, Pelenema, Peloploca,
Other Genera: Agitococcus lubricus , Desulfonema Herpetosiphon, Isosphaera pallida, Leucothrix mucor, Saprospira, Toxothrix trichogenes,Vitreoscilla
Contrast Archaea
Other spore formers: Pasteuria Thermoactinomyces, Sporomusa, Sarcina Sporichthya polymorpha "Sporospirillum" Sporocytophaga myxococcoides
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Morphology Sporocytophaga myxococcoides
CELLULAR  
Staining Gram-negative
Morphology Flexible rods with rounded ends 0.3-0.5 x 5-8 um, occurring singly
Motility . Motile by gliding..
Specialized structures Spheroplasts and distorted cells occur in older cultures. A resting stage, the microcyst, is formed
Division  
COLONIAL  
Solid surface  
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Growth Parameters Sporocytophaga myxococcoides
PHYSIOLOGICAL  
Tropism chemoorganotrophs
Oxygen Strict aerobe Metabolism is respiratory, with molecular oxygen used as terminal electron acceptor
pH  
Temperature optimum: about 30`C.
Requirements No organic growth factor requirements are known. Cellobiose, cellulose, glucose and, for some strains, mannose are the only known sources of carbon and energy. Agar and chitin are attacked. Either ammonium or nitrate ions, or peptone, urea or yeast extract, can serve as sole nitrogen source. Amino acids, peptones, yeast extract or nutrient agar (Difco) cannot serve as sole carbon and energy sources
Products  
Enzymes Catalase-positive
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Genome Sporocytophaga myxococcoides
G+C Mol % 36. (B)
   

 

Reference Sporocytophaga myxococcoides
First citation Stanier,R.Y. 1940. Studies on the cytophagas. J. Bacteriol 40:619-635
The Prokaryotes  
Bergey's Systematatic p 2061 E. R. Leadbetter
Bergey's Determinative p 488
References